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WASHINGTON — President Bush's approval rating has slumped to 31% in a new USA TODAY/Gallup Poll, the lowest of his presidency and a warning sign for Republicans in the November elections.
The survey of 1,013 adults, taken Friday through Sunday, shows Bush's standing down by 3 percentage points in a single week. His disapproval rating also reached a record: 65%. The margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.
"It is a challenging political environment," acknowledges Tracey Schmitt, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, "but we are confident that ultimately voters in November will recognize that a Democrat Congress would simply not be equipped to ensure either economic or national security for our nation."
Bush's fall is being fueled by erosion among support from conservatives and Republicans. In the poll, 52% of conservatives and 68% of Republicans approved of the job he is doing. Both are record lows among those groups.
Moderates gave him an approval rating of 28%, liberals of 7%.
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BUSH APPROVAL HITS NEW LOW
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BUSH APPROVAL HITS NEW LOW
"We could have done something important Max. We could have fought child abuse or Republicans!" --Oona Hart (played by Victoria Foyt), in the 1995 movie "Last Summer in the Hamptons."
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However, as long as the Rs can control enough elections, we will get the same results as we have for the last decade. Then people will sit around and talk about how the Dems didn't do or say whatever they actually did do or say that wasn't reported by MSM, and "lost" elections they actually won - and we'll get more Repub-lite attempts to "sway" the undecideds from whoever the MSM deigns to report. No matter what the polls say, they will keep "winning" elections unless we can find a way to keep them from cheating.
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As long as people believe there is a difference between the Rep and Dem factions of the Welfare-Warfare Party, they will continue to be ruled by that party. With "conservative" Bush spending more than all previous presidents combined!!! and the leading Dem Hitlery a rabid warmonger who can't wait to attack Iran, it doesn't really matter whether Tweedledee or Tweedledum win the beauty contest.
The only moral option for USAmericans is to not vote, and do your best to ignore the rulers and their edicts. Tend your own garden, build your own freedom, and don't worry too much - the Empire will disband soon, just like the old USSR did.
The only moral option for USAmericans is to not vote, and do your best to ignore the rulers and their edicts. Tend your own garden, build your own freedom, and don't worry too much - the Empire will disband soon, just like the old USSR did.
"May the the last king be strangled in the guts of the last priest." - Diderot
With every drop of my blood I hate and execrate every form of tyranny, every form of slavery. I hate dictation. I love liberty. - Ingersoll
With every drop of my blood I hate and execrate every form of tyranny, every form of slavery. I hate dictation. I love liberty. - Ingersoll
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Iraq Approval Low Too
CNN Poll conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. May 5-7, 2006. N=1,021 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3.
"Do you approve or disapprove of the United States' decision to go to war with Iraq in March 2003?"
Approve 39%
Disapprove 58%
Unsure 3%
"Do you approve or disapprove of the United States' decision to go to war with Iraq in March 2003?"
Approve 39%
Disapprove 58%
Unsure 3%
"We could have done something important Max. We could have fought child abuse or Republicans!" --Oona Hart (played by Victoria Foyt), in the 1995 movie "Last Summer in the Hamptons."
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"Bush replacing Colin Powell with Condi Rice was confusing enough. Replacing John Ashcroft with Al Gonzales was even stranger. His initial pick for head of the 9/11 commission was Henry Kissinger -- that didn't last too long, did it? And picking Harriet Miers to replace Sandra Day O'Connor was simply funny. But the idea of replacing Porter Goss with Michael Hayden -- now that's vintage Bush.
Take the guy who oversaw the nsa's illegal wiretapping program and put him in charge of the cia.
If this isn't a vote of "no confidence" in congress, the intelligence community, and the american public, then I don't know what the friggin' hell is." --Mimus Pauly,
Take the guy who oversaw the nsa's illegal wiretapping program and put him in charge of the cia.
If this isn't a vote of "no confidence" in congress, the intelligence community, and the american public, then I don't know what the friggin' hell is." --Mimus Pauly,
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From a theoretical standpoint, I'm sorry Hogeye doesn't believe in voting - but from a personal one, I'm delighted - He's not going to cancel my vote.
Bush does not now and never has cared for what works - just what he wants. Anybody who helps him do what he wants gets rewarded. Those who don't get "swift-boated". Simple as that.
Bush does not now and never has cared for what works - just what he wants. Anybody who helps him do what he wants gets rewarded. Those who don't get "swift-boated". Simple as that.
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"The Canadian and U.S. leaders could not be more different. Stephen Harper is a genuine intellectual, brilliant in his understanding of issues. I think I'll leave it at that." -- Frank Luntz, Republican pollster
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And he falls again:
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Bush job approval falls to 29 pct in new poll
Fri May 12, 9:17 AM ET
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President George W. Bush's job approval rating has hit a new low, with 29 percent of the U.S. public saying he is doing an "excellent or pretty good job," down from 35 percent in April, according to a Harris Interactive poll in The Wall Street Journal Online.
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The poll of 1,003 U.S. adults said 71 percent of Americans said Bush was doing an "only fair or poor job," up from 63 percent in April. It said the survey was conducted May 5-8 and had a 3 percent margin of error.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060512/pl_ ... _poll_dc_1
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And he falls again:
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Bush job approval falls to 29 pct in new poll
Fri May 12, 9:17 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
President George W. Bush's job approval rating has hit a new low, with 29 percent of the U.S. public saying he is doing an "excellent or pretty good job," down from 35 percent in April, according to a Harris Interactive poll in The Wall Street Journal Online.
ADVERTISEMENT
The poll of 1,003 U.S. adults said 71 percent of Americans said Bush was doing an "only fair or poor job," up from 63 percent in April. It said the survey was conducted May 5-8 and had a 3 percent margin of error.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060512/pl_ ... _poll_dc_1